Theres startling new data out tonight that point to the highlight of the risk of getting this virus. Nbc news has found over the last seven days one person died roughly every 80 seconds from the coronavirus in our country. Thats according to the data from around the country. Weve now lost over 159,000 americans, over 4. 8 million, just under 5 million infected with the virus. University of washington computer model thats been frequently used and cited at the white house now predicts almost 231,000 souls will be gone from this virus by november 1st, two days before the election. Even with all of that, as well as the devastating economic toll from the pandemic, the president has not backed down from his insistence this is all a temporary state of affairs. The countrys in very good shape and were set to rock and roll. This things going away. It will go away like things go away. That was from this morning. If the rock and roll part sounds familiar, its because trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner
Just under 5 million infected with the virus. University of washington computer model thats been frequently used and cited at the white house now predicts almost 231,000 souls will be gone from this virus by november 1st, two days before the election. Even with all of that, as well as the devastating economic toll from the pandemic, the president has not backed down from his insistence this is all a temporary state of affairs. The countrys in very good shape and were set to rock and roll. This things going away. It will go away like things go away. That was from this morning. If the rock and roll part sounds familiar, its because trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner used the wording in april when he predicted virus would be on the retreat by now and the economy humming. This afternoon, trump stuck to his assertion. Its coming down, and pretty substantially in many locations. It will go away, things go away, absolutely. No question in my mind, it will go away. Go ahead. Hopefully sooner rather
Between now and election day. But baurear in mind, the countr now averaging around 50,000 infections a day. Yet, the president , just a week out of the hospital and whose medical status is still largely unknown has kicked off what could be a Covid Superspreader tour. I went through it. Now, they say im immune. I can feel i feel so powerful. Ill walk into that audience. I te ill walk in there. Ill kiss everyone in that audience. Ill kiss the guys and the beautiful women and them every ill just give you a big, fat kiss. Yeah. But he didnt do that. He stayed far away. The president , tonight, in florida. At one point, he threw masks out into the crowd. And, yes, as its been at many of his rallies, many of the people on camera behind him did cover their faces but not all. In fact, mask wearing was more the exception than the rule, in what was a very large crowd, as you can see. And perhaps, it shouldnt surprise anyone that the president is okay with that. And is okay with these large gathe
America. Together, we rose to meet the challenge. President trump tackled the virus head on as leaders should. I cant imagine that anybody could be doing more. Just one major problem with that, dr. Fauci wasnt talking about the president. The quote is from an interview with fox news back in march where he was talking about the Coronavirus Task force and its efforts to respond to the pandemic. In a statement provided exclusively to cnn, dr. Fauci told us this, and im quoting now, in my nearly five decades of public service, i have never publicly endorsed any political candidate. The comments attribute today me without my permission in the gop campaign ad were taken out of context from a broad statement i made months ago about the efforts of federal Public Health officials, closed quote. All of this happening in a time when the last thing we should worrying about is whether we can trust the president on coronavirus. Just on saturday, Johns Hopkins University Reported 54,639 new cases her
Taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favors. Confirmation marking a huge political victory for the trump administration. We are live ahead of the second swearingen. Donald trump back on the trail and three different states today as joe biden heads south. Fox and friends first continues live right now. Good morning, you are watching fox and friends first. Jillian we begin with a fox news alert out of philadelphia. More than 20 people have been arrested and 30 officers are hurt after riots break out after a black man is killed by police. They say he was holding a knife. Jackie ibanez joins us live. Good morning. Protesters protest over the officer involved shooting started peaceful but tense. Watch. [crowd chanting] residents marching through the streets demanding Police Reform and gathering outside a local precinct. Violence erupting with protesters looting, throwing bricks and roxette officers, sitting a cruiser on fire. Even running a cop over. Plo